Rapture
['ræptʃə] or ['ræptʃɚ]
Definition
(n.) A seizing by violence; a hurrying along; rapidity with violence.
(n.) The state or condition of being rapt, or carried away from one's self by agreeable excitement; violence of a pleasing passion; extreme joy or pleasure; ecstasy.
(n.) A spasm; a fit; a syncope; delirium.
(v. t.) To transport with excitement; to enrapture.
Typist: Vivienne
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Transport, ecstasy, ravishment, beatitude, beatification, bliss, great happiness, heavenly joy.
Checker: Rowena
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:ecstasy, transport, bliss, ravishment, delight
ANT:Agony, torture, pain, tedium, ennui, irksomeness
Typist: Preston
Definition
n. a seizing and carrying away: extreme delight: transport: ecstasy.—adj. Rap′tūred.—n. Rap′tūrist (Spens.) one filled with rapture.—adj. Rap′tūrous seizing and carrying away: ecstatic.—adv. Rap′tūrously.
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Examples
- She ultimately prevailed; and all-conquering Fife was expected with rapture. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I could myself have kneeled down then, so far away, and blessed him in my rapture that he should be so truly good and brave. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I was in a state of perfect rapture. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Here's what may tranquillise every care, and lift the heart to rapture! Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- She would look at him at a distance with the same rapture, (O, far more exuberant rapture! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Blent with torment, I experienced rapture. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- What he had dreamed of had been so different that there was a mortal chill in his rapture. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Thieves and thief-takers hung in dread rapture on his words, and shrank when a hair of his eyebrows turned in their direction. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- So the dream increased in rapture every hour, as Mr Dorrit felt increasingly sensible that this connection had brought him forward indeed. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He had another burst--a burst of unholy rapture this time. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- But there's Mrs Higden,' said Sloppy, checking himself in his raptures, drawing back, and shaking his head with very serious meaning. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Keep your raptures for Harriet's face. Jane Austen. Emma.
- I'll gossip and giggle, and have horrors and raptures over any trifle you like. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It is not my intention to dwell on Meyler's love or Meyler's raptures, since such subjects in prose are very prosy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- When that was once done, however, it was time for the raptures of Edward to cease; for Marianne's joy hurried her into the drawing-room immediately. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Ursula was in raptures. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- But in truth, neither the lonely meditations of the hermit, nor the tumultuous raptures of the reveller, are capable of satisfying man's heart. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Mrs. Elton had received notice of it that morning, and was in raptures. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Every body who saw it was pleased, but Mr. Elton was in continual raptures, and defended it through every criticism. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Don't pretend to be in raptures about mine. Jane Austen. Emma.
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